Building Sustainable Pathways to STEM Teaching

从NSF罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的能力建设资金，夏威夷大学马诺阿（UHM），与教师在UH系统和外部专家的高校一起，将建立和加强基础设施和合作，这将最终导致增加高素质的数学和科学教师的数量和多样性在夏威夷各地的高需求学校。在夏威夷，来自州外或在完成教师准备课程之前开始教学的持牌教师的流失率明显高于（50%）在夏威夷完成教师准备课程的教师。项目合作伙伴将包括UHM教育学院、艺术科学学院和工程学院的STEM教师以及卡皮奥拉尼社区学院（KCC）和夏威夷州教育部。这些合作伙伴将共同努力，为STEM领域（特别是数学、科学和工程）的本科生创造与中学教育双主修的途径。在与有效的UTeach模式专家协商后，项目合作伙伴将（1）设计课程序列，允许STEM和教育双专业;（2）设计新课程，在学生的大学生涯早期向他们介绍教学，从而使他们能够同时完成STEM学位和教育学院的课程;和（3）制定招聘计划，包括提高认识，咨询，奖学金和与UH系统社区学院的衔接协议。

With Capacity Building funds from the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, the University of Hawaii Manoa (UHM), in conjunction with faculty across colleges in the UH System and with outside experts, will establish and strengthen the infrastructure and collaborations that will ultimately lead to increasing the number and diversity of highly-qualified mathematics and science teachers in high-need schools across Hawaii. In Hawaii, the attrition rate for licensed teachers who come from out of state or who start teaching prior to completion of a teacher preparation program is significantly higher (50%) than for those who complete teacher preparation programs in Hawaii. Working toward solutions, project partners will include the UHM College of Education, STEM faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences and College of Engineering, as well as Kapiolani Community College (KCC) and the Hawaii State Department of Education.These partners will work collaboratively to create pathways for undergraduates majoring across STEM fields (specifically, mathematics, science, and engineering) to pursue a double major with secondary education. In consultation with an expert on the effective UTeach model, the project partners will (1) design course sequences allowing STEM and education double majors; (2) design new courses to introduce teaching to students early in their college careers thus enabling them to concurrently complete STEM degrees and College of Education coursework; and (3) develop recruitment plans involving awareness-raising, advising, scholarships, and articulation agreements with UH system community colleges.